Puzzle.



No. 821,182. PATENTED MAY 22, 1906.

B. S. MGOAIN.

PUZZLE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 14,1905.

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BILLY S. MCCAIN, OF KNOX COUNTY, INDIANA.

PUZZLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 22, 1906.

Application filed June 14, 1905. Serial No. 265,254.

side to side in an attempt to get a number of balls into a certain pen or inclosure.

It is intended to call the puzzle Pigs in the corn-field and it consists, essentially, of a board subdivided by partitions, which represent rows of corn, into a series of compart ments, said compartments having communication with each other through openings in the partitions and also through passages beneath the surface of the base. In order to solve the puzzle, it is necessary to so manipu- 7 late it as to get all the pigs, which are represented by small balls, into a pen.

It has for its object to produce a device of this character which will be simple and durable in construction, which will be very attractive and interesting, and which can be manufactured at a comparatively small cost.

For a full description of the invention and the merits thereof and also to acquire a knowledge of the details of construction of the means for effecting the result reference is to be had to the following description and accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a top plan view of the puzzle. Fig. 2 is a bottom plan view with the lower section of the base removed and showing the construction of the internal passages. Fig. 3 is a sectional view on the line X X of Fig. 1.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the same reference characters.

The numeral 1 designates the base, which is surrounded by perpendicular walls 2. A series of approximately parallel partitions 3 divide the board into a number of compartments which have communication with each other through openings 4 in the lower portion of said partitions. The pen 5 is formed at one side of the board by cutting away a portion of one of the partitions 3 and employing transverse members 6. For convenience of manufacture the base is preferably made in.

section 9 and are bored at an angle to the surface of the board, so as to form an inclined plane and enable the balls to readily pass through them. The middle section 9 is formed with a main slot 10, having a number of arms 11, which have communication with the openings 8 in the upper section. The

.lower section simply its over the slots in the middle section, so as to form a closure for the passages which have external communication through the openings 8.

A number of balls 13 are used in connection with the above-described device, and when the board is tilted from side to side the balls pass from one compartment to the other through the openings in the partitions or through the passages in the base. Owing to the peculiar arrangement of the passages, it will be readily understood that the balls first pass to the central passage and from thence may come to the surface at any point on the board. It is therefore very largely a matter of chance and patience to get all the balls within the pen. 7

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is 1. In a puzzle, the combination of a base provided with a system of internal passages having communication with the surface thereof, a series of walls forming compartments having communication with each other through the internal passages, and balls adapted to roll through the passages.

2. In a puzzle the combination of a base provided with a system of internal passages comprising a central passage having arms extending therefrom and having communication with the surface, walls forming a series of compartments having communication with each other through the internal passages, and balls adapted to roll through the passages.

3. In a puzzle, the combination of a base provided with a system of internal passages, comprising a central longitudinal passage and transversely-extending arms in communication therewith, walls subdividing the base into a number of compartments having communication with each other through the internalpassages, and balls adapted to roll through the passages.

4. In a puzzle, the combination of a base formed with a system of internal passages comprising a central passage and arms eX- tending therefrom, walls forming a series of compartments having communication with IIO each other through the internal passages and through openings in the walls, and balls adapted to pass through the openings in the walls and the passages in the base.

5. In a puzzle, the combination of a base formed in sections, the middle one being provided with a number of slots, the upper one having openings in communication with said slots while the lower one forms a closure, walls forming a series of compartments having communication with each other through the internal passages in the base formed by the slotsin the middle section thereof, and balls adapted'to roll through the passages.

6. In a puzzle, the combination of abase formed with a systemof internal'passages having communication with the surface, a wall around the base, a series of parallel vpartitions forming compartmentshaving communication with each other=through theinternal passages, a pen into which it is the ob ject to get the balls, and balls adapted to roll through the passages in the base.

7. In a puzzle the combination of a base provided with a series of internal passages having communication with the surface thereof, a wall around said base, a series of 

